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Meeting Tony Goldwyn

After seeing and listening to Kerry Washington yesterday, here is a throw-back post to me meeting Tony Goldwyn at Vidiots Foundation in LA in November 2015.
I got to meet Tony today! It was such a fun and cool experience! 
I saw Tony in flesh and blood last March at Paley, and really enjoyed the experience. It was super crazy and crowded though, so when I heard about this event (thanks Dara!), I thought I should go to get a more “intimate” interaction with Mr. Goldwyn. And boy was it not intimate. I don’t know how many we were, maybe 30-40 people max? Kudos to Vidiots of Santa Monica for organizing this, but not kudos for bad planning. We started late (which is OK), but then the next event’s people were waiting for us to leave so that they can start theirs. I felt like Tony had some time to stay a bit longer but they ushered us out.
Tony looks so damn fine in real life! The screen and pictures don’t really do him justice! There is no way he is 55! (or he is drinking from the youth fountain, see where I am going with this?)
Tony came in, we got the introductions out of the way, and they showed the video of most notable Presidents on TV. They started with a speech Fitz did in S1, and finished with Olitz pilot Oval Office scene. That was SUCH an interesting experience to watch sexy Olitz time with Tony sitting right there, I felt like I am watching something highly inappropriate :-)
Once the Periscope started, which was done from Tony’s iPhone, his phone went off and he saw (from his watch) that his “wife” was calling. The dude holding the phone confirmed that the name “Jane” was displayed on the phone. Tony announced at that that his “wife” didn’t know that he was doing the panel… Umm, why doesn’t your “wife” know what you are doing? But I am digressing….
I am not going to re-cap all questions and discussions as it is all on Periscope. It was all in all a great panel. We really talked back and forth because there were just so few of us, and it was great to have eye contact with him (I “suggested” that he watched Madam Secretary when conversation went into modern political shows)
I was mad on Tony’s behalf when that article about Fitz being the worst TV character was brought up. I don’t think Tony takes it to heart, but I think he was truly befuddled that Fitz made the list when some other “deserving” characters (cough Mellie, cough Cyrus, cough Jake) were not among the honorees…. 
The number of times this man brought up Kerry in conversation was insane! It was more or less like this: any conversation, no matter where it starts or ends, somehow has Kerry in it :) “All roads lead to Kerry!” 
I LOVED the low-key shade towards Shonda when Tony mentioned that he had issues with what Fitz does in an episode (it was the proposal scene), and Shonda basically replied to him saying “I don’t tell you how to act, don’t tell me how to write”. He joked about it, but I was speechless. Dear Shonda! What the F??? When you have a smart, talented, amazing individual such as Tony Goldwyn on your cast, who would like to have a conversation with you about his character, you should listen with all your ears… 
He also said something interesting about TV contracts, something along the lines “if you sign up, it is for 6 years of your life, and they own you”. Which led me to believe that there will be indeed 6 seasons of Scandal? Even if it is a short season, I guess there will be one more? Unless I am reading too much in what he said. 
As a side note, it was truly great to meet so many people! I have never met anyone from Twitter/Tumbler before who is also a dedicated Gladiator, so that was such an awesome experience too!
P.S. Merri Howard was there too. I have no clue why se would be there? To keep an eye on Tony not saying anything outside of what was agreed on? Really didn’t make sense to me. 
To sum up, I highly recommend getting out to meet Tony (or Kerry, or anyone who you are fangirling or fanboying about). I am still high on adrenalin and emotions from this short encounter, and I have not stopped smiling for hours!
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Location: Santa Monica, CA, USA

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